There are still plenty of flowers blooming on Badger Mountain but there was one blooming close to the ground that I could not identify. If you have any ideas on this, please let me know. I wanted to get up to the top of Badger Mountain for the sunrise but it’s getting earlier and earlier! …
Governor Chris Gregoire recently proclaimed Native Plant Appreciation Week for the State of Washington. What better way to appreciate our native plants than to get out and enjoy them as they are in bloom RIGHT NOW!!! Here are some examples of these beautiful native plants and flowers. Your help would also be appreciated by going …
Most of the trail systems around the Columbia Basin and especially in the Badger Mountain area are the result of grass-roots efforts and thousands of hours of volunteer work that hundreds of thousands of us benefit from. The latest effort is being spearheaded by a group of volunteers helping Boy Scout Jacob Halter of Troop …
I was craving a little exercise after a long day at work so I decided to head for Badger Mountain and the Canyon Trail. I was hoping to get up for the sunset which was around 8:11 but I couldn’t make it with my work schedule. I figured I would still get a great night-time …
What a joy it was to take a hike up Badger Mountain with several young women from our church. It was called a Virtues Hike and one of the leaders shared a thought about virtues with the young women after we got to the top. She related the difficult hike up the mountain to the …
I speak from experience in the overweight category. After years of Doritos and milkshakes and very limited physical activity, I tipped the scales at nearly 300 lbs! A dozen years ago, something clicked. I don’t know the exact trigger but I lost over a hundred pounds and pursued a major change in my lifestyle including …
Saturday shaped up to be a beautiful day! It was warm, sunny and clear! Fortunately, my son, Justin agreed to go along with me for a hike on the Hanford Reach National Monument and the White Bluffs area along the Columbia River. Click here for directions to this hike, maps and more details. I took …
I decided to ride my mountain bike up the Skyline Trail on Badger Mountain today and dodge the scattered raindrops. I’m sure glad I did as I got my first glimpse of the blooming Lupine along the trail! Since the Skyline Trail winds along the south side of the mountain, it gets more sun so …
It almost makes me sick to my stomach to see the graffiti that has shown up on signs on Badger Mountain. I noticed it on two of these signs on the Sagebrush Trail. It looks like gang tagging to me but it is surely a scar on the the beauty of the Badger Mountain trail …
If you need a reason to hike Badger Mountain, besides getting fit, this is about the best reason I know of: The rains of the past few weeks have brought greenery on the slopes of Badger Mountain and with the spring green comes blossoms of a wide variety of flowers. I took these pictures as …